Itâ??s always an eerie and poignant experience, walking through the ruins of a once vibrant community. Everywhere you look, you can see the evidence of life, but now all is in decay. A lost place, littered with the detritus of lives let go. The color leached away, leaving only ashen shades of gray.

Some Ghost Towns are the result of sudden disaster in which everyone abandoned the community suddenly, right in the middle of doing something --- tables set with plates and silverware and meals left uneaten, beds made up but never to be slept in, stories left unfinished.

More common are those Ghost Towns where the thing that brought everyone together in the first place disappeared --- the mine played out, the well ran dry, the crops failed. The community drifted away slowly, looking for the thing they lost. It makes you wonder what it was like for the last stubborn ones who held out as long as possible. And why did they stay after the life was gone from the place? How long did they linger? You also wonder if any of the departed gathered together in some other place. Did they manage to keep any part of their community together in a new home?

Ever been to a Ghost Town?
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Ever been to a Ghost Town? Itâ??s always an eerie and poignant experience, walking through the ruins of a once vibrant community. Everywhere you look, you can see the evidence of life, but now all is in decay. A lost place, littered with the detritus of lives let go. The color leached away, leaving only ashen shades of gray. Some Ghost Towns are the result of sudden disaster in which everyone abandoned the community suddenly, right in the middle of doing something --- tables set with plates and silverware and meals Rating: 5